The Aptness of Envy

Are demands for equality motivated by envy? Nietzsche, Freud, Hayek, and Nozick all thought so. Call this the Envy Objection. For egalitarians, Objection is meant to sting. Many egalitarians have tried evade But should be worried about In article, I argue that stop worrying learn love envy. persistent unwillingness embrace rooted in a common misunderstanding of nature charge, what it reveals, can said response it. develop Bernard Williams might call vindicatory genealogy envy, thereby allowing us see rather than undermining egalitarian intuitions, fact play distinct justificatory role (when fitting), which undermines